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MURDER OR SELF-DEFENSE POLICE HOLD WOMAN FOR HER HUSBANDS DEATH
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MURDER OR SELF-DEFENSE: POLICE HOLD WOMAN FOR HER HUSBAND’S DEATH.
The Irvine Police are holding a woman over the death of her husband.
Mr. Robert Kim was found dead in his kitchen at their home located at 600 block of Birch Street in Irvine on Thursday evening after police responded to distress calls from Mrs. Sandra Kim, police said.
The arrest of Mrs. Kim came after she gave conflicting accounts of her whereabouts at the time of the murder. It is alleged that Mrs. Kim had initially said that Mr. Kim, a businessman of Asian descent, had numerous enemies.
In addition, Robert had enormous debts, in which case his enemies could have murdered him. However, she allegedly became visibly agitated and nervous on further questioning, which added to the suspicions that the police had about the murder.
This was compounded by the fact that there were no signs of forced entry, which implied that the culprit had easy access to the house. Mrs. Kim admitted that she had shot her husband allegedly for self defense.
The family has, allegedly, been having some disagreements over the past few months with some of the disagreements disintegrating to physical fights. Mrs. Kim alleged that her husband had quarreled her for going out with her friends on the fateful night.
Feeling threatened, Mrs. Kim had retreated to the bathroom where she had hidden the short-gun. Mr. Kim, upon seeing his wife with a gun, allegedly, became violent. Mrs. Kim claims that she shot her husband at this point killing him instantly.
The police arrested her pending investigations on what really transpired, all in an effort to determine the true course of events. It remains to be seen what charges (if any) will be brought against Mrs. Kim, especially considering her conflicting accounts.
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Irvine Police Department, (2013). Personal Communication.
Municipal Solid Waste
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Municipal Solid Waste usually includes solid waste materials that are either renewable or non-renewable. Such solid waste could as well be biodegradable or non-biodegradable. Such waste includes only household and small business or office waste (Cengage, 2003). They do not include industrial or construction wastes that could be more hazardous. In the olden days, MSW was not an issue due to the availability of vast lands masses where dumping could be done.
There existed some traditional ways of dealing with wastes apart from open dumping. People could burn it, bury it or store it in dumps. Each of the three methods had its implications to the environment. When burnt, the waste would be converted to smoke and eventually injected into the atmosphere. This happened locally while an industrial technique, incineration, applied the use of furnace usually at high temperatures to burn trash. This was not efficient due to the pollution behind the process, especially large volumes of ash. Going up to the 1970s, sanitary landfills came up as an alternative (NEW YORK TIMES NEWS SERVICE, 1997). Most landfills were running out of space and more improved incinerators in which case only the remains would be taken to the landfills. The heat generated was as well used to generate electricity through stream turbines.
These methods never got rid of the use of open dumps. Mostly, open dumps are illegal and involve dumping large quantities of abandoned garbage piles and debris (Cengage, 2003). Most developed countries would fine any person found dumping in such open dumps. They mainly exist for use in developing countries such as Nigeria. They could mainly be found in forests, in abandoned building and estates backyards. They are breading sites for pests and disease causing vectors such as mosquitoes that causes malaria in the tropical regions. Other threats posed by open dump include fire and explosion possibilities, toxic gas generation, water contamination and damaging of animal and plant habitats.
Landfills, termed as better than open dumps are associated with leachate and gas generation especially methane gas. Leachate involve the filtering of toxic chemical from landfill that enter into underground and contaminate water resources. Methane is flammable and very explosive. In landfills, it is produced by the decomposition of organic waste under oxygen poor conditions. An example of early landfill is the Sanitary Landfill in England that was invented in around the 1920s (Agarwal, 2012 ). Garbage dumped in the landfills were covered with a layer of soil every day. Other than leachate and methane gas problems, landfills often ran out of space and some wastes never decomposed completely.
To get rid of such problems, more modernized landfills came up. In South Africa, for instance, the Mariannhill Landfill is based on the modern technology whereby a thick clay wall that are backed by thick plastic sheets are used in lining the modern landfill. At the bottom, pipes are installed to collect and drain leachate. Methane is also collected safely through a piping system for economic use. Unlike the early landfills where leachate was hazardous, Mariannhill has established leachate treatment plant, a biological treatment facility. The final discharge is used for irrigation and for dust control. Methane on the other hand is used to generate electricity. It is first harvested and then converted for that purpose. Mariannhill landfill is considered the first site to be turned into an ecosystem restoration zone. Having been opened in July 1997, Mariannhill has been successful in both controlling waste disposal disasters and generation of money through the production of electricity (Juizi, 2006). It has as well incorporated education center that deals with environmental conservation related lessons such as waste management, recycling, biodiversity of wastes, and its conservation.
References
Agarwal, B. (2012 ). Traditional means of waste management. Retrieved October 24, 2012 , from preservearticles.com: http://www.preservearticles.com/2012030124118/traditional-means-of-waste-management.html
Cengage, G. (2003). Waste Disposal. Retrieved October 24, 2012, from enot.com: http://www.enotes.com/waste-disposal-reference/waste-disposal
Juizi. (2006). Mariannhill Landfill Conservancy. Retrieved October 24, 2012, from impumelelo.org.za: http://www.impumelelo.org.za/what-we-do/impumelelo-innovations-awards/2006/platinum/mariannhill-landfill-conservancy-1
NEW YORK TIMES NEWS SERVICE. (1997, September 18). Old dump linked to rising birth problems Problems peaked in early 1970s at N.J. Superfund site. Retrieved October 24, 2012, from baltimoresun.com: http://articles.baltimoresun.com/1997-09-18/news/1997261051_1_birth-weight-birth-problems-early-births
Guest worker program Costs and Benefits of the guest worker program
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Guest worker program Costs and Benefits of the guest worker program
Temporary labor migration has the potential to relieve labour sending countries of acute unemployment. In addition, the labour exporting countries have the benefit of economic improvement through remittances channeled back and acquisition of new skills. Value building in labour migration programmes is therefore of great importance and should embrace developing sound mechanisms which can incorporate connection of newly acquired skills to the local demands and development priorities. Temporary foreign worker programmes have the potential to effectively contribute to economic development through implementation of policies and programmes to diversify and develop the skills of the returning workers so that they can earn independent incomes in their mother countries (Steven, 123-156).
However, immigration has not been effective enough to address any country’s economic and demographic problems. Foreign worker legislation programme is being debated in the United States Of America with the view of resolving illegal immigration and drug trafficking. Statistics show that there are over eleven million illegal immigrants residing in USA. Most of these immigrants are from the neighboring Caribbean countries with Mexicans making the greatest percentage. Nevertheless, the illegal workers legislation has met with some stiff opposition as some opponents of the legislation argue that it will further spur illegal migration thereby forcing low-skilled native workers out of work. These proponents of the legislation are urging the government to consider granting some amnesty to the already established illegal emigrants working in the USA and strategize for the future of guest worker programmes (Steven, 2001).
Recent changes in the guest worker program
During its tenure, the George Bush administration came up with a series of changes to the programme on foreign farm workers with the aim of ensuring that such workers are protected. The revised legislation made it easier for farm owners to bring in foreign workers to the USA. This legislation was aimed at ending labor shortage across USA farms.
However the legislation failed to secure congressional approval and therefore the government opted for an alternative which does not rely on congress approval. Among other things the proposed changes will make it easier for foreign workers to get accommodation and not to be subjected to heavy taxes (Cornelius. 178).
Under these changes wages will be based entirely on skills and local salary scales. The government sets wages for all regions and all workers across the regions earn equally. The new legislations will undo labor cuts and introduce labor protection for guest farm workers. The key changes addressed in the new legislation are:
Increased wages to match the increased cost of living and offset tax impacts.
Nil wage deduction.
Transport reimbursement. This legislation will compel farm owners to reimburse the workers long distance travel costs.
Compulsory inspection of worker housing. This legislation is meant to ensure that the workers are housed in safe and health environments.
Full disclosure of terms of service.
Help for US workers looking for employment.
Transparency and public information. This will help workers understand what the job entails and any other relevant information pertaining to it.
Senator John McCain’s view on the guest worker program and immigration reform
McCain has publicly said that he supports the reforms on immigration and has called for deportation of illegal farm workers residing in the United States of America. He has said that he supports the guest worker programme but vehemently objected to any plans to have illegal immigrants accorded citizenship. The senator furthers stressed that the proposed guest worker program would only be temporary. McCain argues that failure to implement a comprehensive reform policy will see illegal immigrants with dubious intents moving to the United Stated of America thereby jeordadizing the stability that Americans have enjoyed for long. All in all, McCain seems worried by the current huge number of illegal immigrants who are flocking America. The senator has called for American neighbors especially Mexico and Canada to be keen lest they be used as stepping stones by illegal immigrants to gain entry into the United States of America (Marre, 46-53).
What the Obama administration is planning to do with regards to immigration reforms.
The Obama administration is of the view that the proposed legislation will not be passed by the congress and has thus resorted to ways of effecting the legislation without congressional approval. Among the objectives the administration seeks are giving permanent resident status to the already established illegal immigrants.The government has drafted a memo outlining the various ways the government would grant permanent residency to this class of people as well as delay deportation of several others. This act by the Obama administration gives credence that the authorities are deeply concerned the illegal immigration of citizens from other countries.
The memo further said that standards for hardship cases would be simplified so that more US citizens and lawfully residing permanent workers could seek jobs without fearing deportation. Contrary to the position held by the previous administrations, the memo by the Obama administration calls for granting of green cards to all people currently residing in the country under lawfully. This will typically delay deportation of foreign nationals. Majority of the supporters of the immigration reform have welcomed efforts by the Obama administration to open citizen pathways for undocumented foreign nationals living in the USA (Bryan, 1-4).
Works cited
Bryan, Griffith. Morning News 9/10/10, 2010
Cornelius. “The Changing Role of Mexican Labor in the U.S. Economy”. 1989.
Marre, Klaus “46-53, immigration bill goes down in defeat”. The Hill. Capitol Hill Publishing Corp. 2007.
Steven C. “Immigration from Mexico: Assessing the Impact on the United States”. Center for Immigration Studies. 2001.